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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/23707| Title: | How to Develop More Resilient Hospitals Through Agent-Based Modelling |
| Authors: | Tang, K Chen, B |
| Keywords: | agent-based modelling;building information modelling (BIM);design methods & aids;infectious disease epidemiology;modelling resilient hospital;Sars-Cov-2 |
| Issue Date: | 3-Sep-2021 |
| Publisher: | ICE Publishing |
| Citation: | Tang, K. and Chen, B. (2021) 'How to Develop More Resilient Hospitals Through Agent-Based Modelling', Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering, 175 (1), pp. 27 - 32. doi: 10.1680/jcien.21.00049. |
| Abstract: | Fully functioning hospitals are the backbone of society. The current design of hospitals in the UK and elsewhere tends to over-emphasise empirical knowledge and experimental research, but limits their ability to cope with new infectious diseases and increasing global connectedness. For example, around one-fifth of UK Covid-19 cases, including the majority of infected hospital healthcare workers, were infected in hospitals. This paper discusses a new agent-based modelling approach to developing more flexible and efficient hospital layouts that are better able to control the spread of infectious disease. |
| URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/23707 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1680/jcien.21.00049 |
| ISSN: | 0965-089X |
| Appears in Collections: | Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Papers |
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